• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 59, Issue 18, 1828002 (2022)
Wei Yang1、2、*, Jinshan Cao3, Huan Zhang3, and Xiangyang Zhou1
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Information Science and Engineering, Wuchang Shouyi University, Wuhan 430064, Hubei , China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, Hubei , China
  • 3School of Computer Science, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, Hubei , China
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    DOI: 10.3788/LOP202259.1828002 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Wei Yang, Jinshan Cao, Huan Zhang, Xiangyang Zhou. Topological Structure-Guided Outlier Removal Algorithm for Remote Sensing Image Matching[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2022, 59(18): 1828002 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    In remote sensing image feature matching, only using feature descriptor similarity measurements results in a large number of outliers. It is important to remove reliably outliers from the initial matching results for improving the accuracy of feature matching and transformation parameter’s estimation. To solve this problem, a simple and effective outlier removal algorithm for remote sensing image feature matching guided by topology is proposed. The potential topological geometric constraints of matching point pairs were completely exploited, and the local and global outlier filtering strategies were presented. The neighborhood consistency of corresponding matching pairs was used, that is, the neighborhood point pairs of the correct matching pairs satisfied the consistency correspondence, and all outlier pairs not meeting the condition were eliminated through a local filtering. Then, based on the hypothesis verification idea of random sampling, global filtering was performed using spatial order constraints and affine area ratio constraints. The local optimization strategy was used to modify the maximum consistent inliers for accurately estimating geometric transformation parameters and reliably removing outliers. Finally, a spatial meshing method was adopted to refine the estimation model and increase the matching pairs to further improve the matching performance of remote sensing images. Compared with other outlier removal algorithms such as NBCS, LPM, LLT, VFC, GMT, SOCBV, and RANSAC, the proposed algorithm is more stable and achieves better performances particularly under complex conditions, including low inlier ratio, severe scale, and viewpoint change.
    Wei Yang, Jinshan Cao, Huan Zhang, Xiangyang Zhou. Topological Structure-Guided Outlier Removal Algorithm for Remote Sensing Image Matching[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2022, 59(18): 1828002
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